Jr. Blues gain split against RoadRunners

Sunday

TOPEKA, Kansas -- The Springfield Jr. Blues scored twice midway through the second period and held on for a 3-2 North American Hockey League win over the Topeka RoadRunners Saturday night.

The win gave Springfield a split of the two-game road series as the team resumed play after its Christmas break. The Jr. Blues (18-11) have 38 points and are in third place in the NAHL Midwest Division, two points behind second-place Janesville.

Despite being outshot 14-6 in the first period Satuday, the Jr. Blues had the period's only goal as Nick Rogers scored on assists from Fabio Hollenstein and Nikita Kozyrev at 9 minutes 43 seconds into the game.

Hollenstein made it 2-0, with assists by Kozyrev and Ethan Stewart, on a power-play goal at 8:28 into the second period. At the 10:00 mark, Giovanni Carabelli made it 3-0 on assists from Jeff Skinner and Brendan Schultz.

Topeka's Dallas Tulik scored twice -- late in the second period and midway through the third -- to cut it to 3-2. But the Jr. Blues and goaltender Evan Fear held on for the win.

The Jr. Blues will host Janesville at 7:05 p.m. Friday and 6:05 p.m. Saturday at the Nelson Center.

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